Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-12-07
ScR1BNER'S MAGAZINE
FOR 1883.

During the year 1885 the following will be
among the many prominent articles in the
contents OF the magazine:
A series of papers by ROBERT LOUIS STE.
VENSON one in each number throughout The
year. in VIII ich he will write of many topics,
old and new, and give the readers of the Mag
aziDe succession of e. says as thoughtful an d
chai ming as they are unconventional in firm
In the first naper entitled "A Chapter on
Dreams,'' he reiates Incidentally, in coanec-
tfon with the general subject. some interest
ing facts concerning the origin OF the now Ia
nous story strange Case OF DR.. Iekyil and
Mr.. Hyde."'
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. by WIS CHAPLIN
Profe scr Engineering ana Dean of the Law
renee sciehtifi c School of Harvard University
will be the subject OF the first OF a gr.up of
specially important articles upon Railways
their construction, sdminis ration, e,c.-the e
authors and separate title being announced in
later numbers. These articles will be richly
iiluStf ated.
ELECTRICITY in its various applications
as motive power, EXPLOSIVES, etc, will
be the subjects OF another grnuo OF articles of
equal practical interes, by leading authori
ties nCp these topics.
DR.. SARG ENT'S papers on Physical Pro-
portions and Physical Training will be con
tinued by several of increasing interest; with
as rich and accurate illustration as those
which have already appeared.
MISCELLANEOUS ILLUSTRATED ARTI-
Giles of special Isl portance will be those on
the Campaigue OF Waterloo by JOHN G. Ropes;
on "The Man at Arms" by Cow IN Rowland
RLAsHFIELD; two papers by tDgARD L Will
research; fur her article by WILLIAM f. AP-
TRoRP. on subject connected with his recent
| contribution on Wagner, and many other OF
equal iaterest.
MENDELssoHN and MosCHELEs will furnish
the substance OF one or two articles of great
interest which will be illustrated with most
valuable unpublished material.
PAPERS UPON ART SUBJECTS will also
be ublished during the year by W. P. P.
LoNGFRLLOw, GEORGE W. HITCHCOCK, and
others.
PROF SHALER's articles on the surface O.
the Earth will be continued by several fur
ther richly illustrated papers; and al ticles
| upon two of the most Interesting groups Of
contemporary European writers will be &C
| companied by rich and novel portrait Illus
tratioD.
THE LITERARY and MIsCELLANEs Es.
SAYS Will be, as during the past year, an es
pecially noticeable and individual feature.
They will include papers by Augustine Biz
| rell. author of ''Obiter Dicta;' some further
papers by W. C. Brownell, articles by Profess
acr Wiliiain James. Austin Dobson, Professor
James Russell Goley, G-perai A. w Greeley,
others. En article WORTHY Of special mention
is oue upon some phenomena in the intellec
tnal growth of the West which will attract
wide attention.
THE FICTION OF THE YEAR will be no.
ticeshly strong, not only in the work of we'll
known writer's, bu. in that of new authors, in
| securing whose cooperation the magazine has
been so fortunafe curing its first year Of pub
licatioo. S MAI "ovel entitled FIRST Har-
vests ny Frel.-ric J. Stinsnn, vii! be begun
in the January i'utat.er. and early III the year
| short sssi4is will be pnbl.shad by Henry
James and H.E. Rnrn+r The short ST ries are
of noticeable strength End freshness.
ESSAYS in the broader fields OF Political
Science Will bs published fow time to time
during the year. including brief paper in
early number upon Municipal Finance and,
later, other similar studies.
POEMS in early numbers by Thomas Bailey
Aldrich. Andrew Lang Charles Edwin Mark
ham. and others, give gooi ansury for the
next years verse; and in several cases we'll
artists-dotably Elihu Vedder, william Hole
viii H. Low-have accompanied poems by
striking and imaginative drawings.
The Magazine will show increased excellence
In its iilustrai ions. They will be more abun-
dant and elaborate than ever. 1t Is the 1nteD-
ton of the pub ishers to represent the best
svort Of the leading artists. and to promote and
foster toe most skflifu f.ietnOdS OF wood en-
craving. The Magazine on its tistic sde will
exhibit what is finest, most sincere an orig
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